Influence of scale on the hydrodynamics of bubble column reactors: An experimental study in columns of 0.1, 0.4 and 1 m diameters

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 58, Issue 3-6, 2003, Pages 719-724

  Forret, A ^a   Schweitzer, J M ^a   Gauthier, T ^a   Krishna, R ^b   Schweich, D ^c  

^a IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c LGPC CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Axial dispersion coefficient; Bubble column; Hydrodynamics; Modelling; Pavlov tube; Scale up

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; CORRELATION METHODS; HYDRODYNAMICS; VISCOSITY OF GASES;

KINEMATIC VISCOSITY;

BUBBLE COLUMNS;

BUBBLE COLUMN; HYDRODYNAMICS; LIQUID-LIQUID MIXING; MEASUREMENT METHOD; VELOCITY;

EID: 0037289593     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(02)00600-0     Document Type: Article

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